[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 90 (Thursday, May 23, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D551-D552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 51 public bills, H.R. 8516-
8566; and 18 resolutions, H.J. Res. 153-160; H. Con. Res. 108-109 and 
H. Res. 1253-1260, were introduced.                      
  Pages H3520-23
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3526-27
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 7630, to require a plan to improve the cybersecurity and 
telecommunications of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 118-521);
  H.R. 7685, to strengthen and enhance the competitiveness of American 
industry through the research and development of advanced technologies 
to improve the efficiency of cement, concrete, and asphalt production, 
and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-522);
  H.R. 555, to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the 
supply of certain medical materials essential to national defense, and 
for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-523); and
  H.R. 1166, to enhance authorities under the Defense Production Act of 
1950 to respond to the public health emergencies, to provide additional 
oversight of such authorities, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 118-524).                                
Page H3520
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Malloy to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H3487
  CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act: The House passed H.R. 5403, to 
amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the Federal reserve banks 
from offering certain products or services directly to an individual, 
to prohibit the use of central bank digital currency for monetary 
policy, by a recorded vote of 216 ayes to 192 noes, Roll No. 230. 
                                                      Pages H3496-H3907
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee 
of the Whole.                                                
Page H3497

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Agreed to:
  Ogles amendment (No. 1 printed in part C of H. Rept. 118-516) that 
adds a sense of Congress that the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee should not be 
permitted to develop, create, or implement a central bank digital 
currency, or use any such tool to implement monetary policy (by a 
recorded vote of 204 ayes to 176 noes, Roll No. 227;     
Pages H3504-07
  Mooney amendment (No. 2 printed in part C of H. Rept. 118-516) that 
prohibits the Federal Reserve's Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) 
pilot programs (by a recorded vote of 206 ayes to 193 noes, Roll No. 
228); and                                      
Pages H3505-06, H3507-08
  Davidson amendment (No. 3 printed in part C of H. Rept. 118-516) that 
ensures the Federal Reserve Bank cannot design, build, develop, 
establish, or issue a CBDC (by a recorded vote of 212 ayes to 195 noes, 
Roll No. 229).                                       
Pages H3506, H3508
  H. Res. 1243, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4763), (H.R. 5403), and (H.R. 192) was agreed to yesterday, May 22nd. 
Prohibiting individuals who are not citizens of the United States from 
voting in elections in the District of Columbia: The House H.R. 192, to 
prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from 
voting in elections in the District of Columbia, by a recorded vote of 
262 ayes to 143 noes, Roll No. 232.                      
Pages H3510-11
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To prohibit individuals 
who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in 
the District of Columbia and to repeal the Local Resident Voting Rights 
Amendment Act of 2022.''.                                
Pages H3489-96
  Rejected the Garcia motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Oversight and Accountability, by a yea-and-nay vote of 195 yeas to 212 
nays, Roll No. 231.                                      
Pages H3509-10
  Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability now 
printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted.      
Pages H3489-96
  H. Res. 1243, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4763), (H.R. 5403), and (H.R. 192) was agreed to yesterday, May 22nd.
Work Period Designation: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated the period from Thursday, May 23, 2024, through Sunday, June 
2, 2024, as a ``district work period'' under section 3(z) of House 
Resolution 5.                                                
  Page H3511
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress of his intent to designate Kenya as a Major Non-NATO 
Ally--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be 
printed (H. Doc. 118-144).                                   
  Page H3489
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3507, 
H3507-08, H3508, H3509, H3509-10 and H3510-11.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 3:24 p.m.